Software Update 6.0.A.3.73

powerkiter · May 21, 2012

Ridethesplit said:
Upgraded my sxs on 3 network.

Haven't noticed much difference with battery life, but my Bluetooth now works in my BMW. Well chuffed!

Alright for some! I've been trying 4-5 times a day and all I get is server busy message...

Burnsie · May 29, 2012

powerkiter said:
Alright for some! I've been trying 4-5 times a day and all I get is server busy message...

same here

powerkiter · May 29, 2012

It gets stranger... My status bar showed an update so I clicked on it and it did it over the air or OTA as I think it's known???

Either way I'm up to date now

electro machin · May 29, 2012

so...... what is goin on with the ICS update?

powerkiter · May 29, 2012

Google is your friend

brisuth · May 30, 2012

I have just installed this update as a last resort as it now enables me to turn of the cell info display, i live right between to masts and i get the cell broadcast pop up about 5 times an hout day and night so having to put it on silent during day and off at night as it does not stop. any battery increase is a cheeky bonus lol

nocturne23 · May 30, 2012

Installed the update OTA two days ago, I am on three contract, intialy when I tried over pc it would freeze at the initializing process. Cant say really how much has change over a glance but games seem to be freezing a lot. Draw Something, Angry Gran, MIB3 are some which seem to freeze quite a lot they seemed to work fine before the update. But battery life has improved significantly, massive improvement there. I could dare to say close to 35% increase.
Cant figure out the cause for games freezing though, also it added Avast antivirus along with other psp apps i had previously uninstalled.

nocturne23 · May 30, 2012

Yup and now its stuck and wont switch off I might have to uninstall the games

powerkiter · May 30, 2012

Maybe if you try and clear the cache and force close it? I've not noticed any issues with games after the update...

Prso9 · May 31, 2012

I'm on Orange and according to their website the update is available, not sure when they put that on, so I'll be giving it a go tonight

Sony Xperia S | help & support | Orange UK

Prso9 · May 31, 2012

Prso9 said:
I'm on Orange and according to their website the update is available, not sure when they put that on, so I'll be giving it a go tonight

Sony Xperia S | help & support | Orange UK

I tried the update and pc companion says my phone is up to date

, so I phoned Orange who advised that their website may be out of date and the best thing to do is check for updates on the phone and then you don't need to connect to the computer

Prem1689 · Jun 1, 2012

filatelisti said:
Battery improves significantly. Took the phone off charger at 7AM and after few calls, emails, sms' and short internet browsing at 1PM I still find 92% of the juice left! (Before update with similar usage I would find me in sub 80%) Sure using display more would drain it harder but still a big improvement! The phone tells me it still has almost two days of charge left. Nice nice!

What app do u use to find the remaining charge?

Prem1689 · Jun 1, 2012

nocturne23 said:
Yup and now its stuck and wont switch off I might have to uninstall the games

i've updated to official "3.73" and i dint find any such problems with games freezing.. :thinking:

But i do agree with u, in increased Battery Backup...

Prem1689 · Jun 1, 2012

electro machin said:
so...... what is goin on with the ICS update?

ICS wil start rolling out for Xpria S right from Mid-June.. At first it may not be available all over the world.. But wil be available world wide by end of July..

Prem1689 · Jun 1, 2012

I use "GO POWER WIDGET" to determine the battery usage, remaining battery percentage and number of hours remaining! its a very useful APP!!
when my Xperia S had firmware version 6.0.A.3.62: 100% charge = 18.44 hours of endurance(Maximum-when Screen Brightness is least, all external connections disabled)
After i updated to firmware version 6.0.A.3.73: 100% charge = 76.56 hours of endurance(Same conditions as tested with 6.0.A.3.62)

You can update to the latest firmware and get the maximum out of ur Xperia S battery.....

electro machin · Jun 1, 2012

afer you update your phone , the apps you installed. was steal there?
and do i need to do any backup?

Prem1689 · Jun 1, 2012

electro machin said:
afer you update your phone , the apps you installed. was steal there?
and do i need to do any backup?

No Back up necessary. This is not an OS update. this s just a latest version of build, may be fixing some minor bugs or added new features. so the apps which u have installed remain untouched. even your contacts and settings are not altered.. so enjoy with ur new firmware update :cool:

gabbyevs · Jun 1, 2012

Prso9 said:
I tried the update and pc companion says my phone is up to date , so I phoned Orange who advised that their website may be out of date and the best thing to do is check for updates on the phone and then you don't need to connect to the computer

ive been checking manually and still nothing

electro machin · Jun 5, 2012

someone know how much does it take to make this phone update?

jaseuk · Jun 5, 2012

Unfortunately if the network you are contracted with offer the update then you won't see anything when you search for an update in the settings or when you connect your phone to your pc, the only way that you can do it is via flashtool, the method which I've detailed in one of my earlier posts.

electro machin · Jun 5, 2012

i am sim free user

electro machin · Jun 5, 2012

i made this update' and now i have the new version
so my question is what's new in this version?

jaseuk · Jun 5, 2012

.73 - better battery is the main thing I found
.76 - even better battery and better touch on the hardware capacative buttons

catnamedog · Jun 5, 2012

Hi
I got an Xperia S a couple of months ago. It's the only non-Nokia phone I've ever owned in many, many years. I must say I'm impressed by many of it's features, and learning about Android. So, as far as the phone is concerned, I'm really pleased. The software is a disappointment though. I don't think PCC is even half as good as the Nokia Ovi stuff. I could do all sorts of editing of my contacts and music with Ovi, but PCC is so basic, I can only edit the phone contents as if the phone was a mass storgae device - very clunky!
Updating is a bit fraught too. If I get an update message from PCC on my home PC, I know that my machine will lock up after I plug the USB in whilst holding the volume down button. I've only ever managed an update successfully on my works PC. So, in conclusion. Nice phone, shame about the software. Oh, Deezer is great!!

jonmorris · Jun 7, 2012

OMG!! (!)

.75 now available for UK users with generic/SIM-free software.

How long have we had to wait?

Downloading now!

.75 seems to (from what I've read elsewhere) improve the sensitivity of the capacitive buttons, as well as including (obviously) the bug fixes from .73.

I can't believe I'm actually excited about this update, when it's not even ICS!

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